Car-coupling.



PATBN'IED MAY 5,. 190.3.

P. T. HANDIGES. GAR GOUPLING. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 31. 1902.

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lla-mm No. 727,133. Patented May 5, 1903.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP T. HANDIGES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF` ONE-IIALF TO ALBERT vVVAYCO'IT, OF S'l. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

oARfcoUPLiNG.

f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,133, dated May 5, 1903.

pplication filed March 3l, 1902. Serial No. 100,661.1 (No modeLl To all whom t may concern; tween the location of the recess and the free Beit known that I, PHILIP T. HANDIGEs,.a endV of the lever is a cam l2, beneath which citizen of the United States, residing in the the lug 8 rides as it traverses the lower surcity of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have face of the lever ou being raised to disengage A55 5 invented certain new and useful Improvethe tail of the knuckle 2. This cam is apy ments in Car-Couplings, of which the followplied to the lever for the purpose of provid'- ing is a full, clear, and exact description, refing a more sudden actuation of the lever by erence being had to the accompanying drawthe locking-pin as the lever approaches the ings, forming part of this specification. enfl of its travel at the rear of the tail of the 6o xo My invention relates to means wherebythe knuckle, against which it presses as the lockknuckles of car-couplings are swung upon ing-pin is raised, thereby accelerating the their pivots upon the lifting of the lockingmovement of the knuckle as it approaches the pin. conclusionof its opening movement, and a The invention consists in features of novmore direct pressure is obtained against the 65 15 elty hereinafter fully described, and pointed rear of the tail of the knuckle. out in the claims. It will'be seen from the foregoing that the Figure I is a perspective yView of my im- 'lever 9 is so positioned beneath the tail of the proved coupling. Fig. Il is a detail horizonknuckle of the couplingr as to bear against tal section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. the inclined face 'at the lower side thereof, 7o 'zo III is a vertical longitudinal section taken on so that upon the liftingof the locking-pin G line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a vertical the lug 8 at the lower end of said pin acts transverse section taken ou line IV IV, Fig. upon the lever and causes the lever in turn II. Fig. V is a rear view of one of the knucto press against the inclined face-of the knucfV-f kles. Fig. VI is a perspective view showing kle-tail, against which it. ridesand operates 75 z5 the lower end of the locking-pin and the lever to swing the tail outwardly as the locking-pin by which the knuckle is moved upon the raisis raised to free it from restraint. The locking of the lockingLpin. ing-pin may be raised by any suitable means, 1 designates the draw-head of the coupler, such as the rocking-rod 13, carried by the car and 2 the knuckle, pivotally mounted in the and .provided with an larm V.14, that is con- 8o 3o draw-head by means of the pin 3. nected to the pin.

4 is the tail of the knuckle, having an in- I claim as my inventiouclined face 5 at itslower edge extending downl. In a car-coupling, the'combination with wardly from the end of the tail of the body a coupling-head,j and a knuckle, the latter of the knuckle, as seen in Fig. V. having a rearwardly-projecting tail, an in- 85 35 6 designates a locking-pin having a shoulclined lower face or edge, ofl a locking pin or der 7, that is adapted to rest on the tail of the block and a pivoted `lever projecting under knuckle 2 when the knuckle is swung open. the inclined edgeof the knuckle-tail, the said The locking-pin is narrowed from the localever being actuated bythe movements of the tion of theshoulder 7 downwardly and carpin or block. 9o

4o ries at its lower end a lug 8. 2. In acar-coupliug, the combination with 9 is a lever pivoted at l0 to the draw-head a coupling-head and a knuckle, the latter 1 interior thereof alongside of the lower porhavinga tail provided with a rearwardly and tion of the locking-pin 6 and extending across upwardly inclined lower face or edge, of a said locking-pin to a point beneath the posilocking pin or block and a pivoted lever, the 95 45 tion occupied by the tail of the knuckle 2 latter adapted t0 be moved into contact with when the knuckle is in closed condition, so the inclined face or edge of the knuckle by that said tail will rest with its inclined face 5 said pin or block. in contact with or in proximity to the free 3. In a car-coupling, the combination with end of said lever. One side of the lever 9 is a coupling-headA and a knuckle, the latter roo 5o recessed at l1 to receive the lug 8, carried by having a tail provided with a rearwardly and the lower end of the locking-pin 6, and beupwardly inclined lower face or edge, of a locking pin or block having a cut-away portion to permit of the passage of the knuckletail, and a pivoted lever to engage the lower inclined face or edge of said tail, the said lever being actuated by the pin or block.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination with a coupling-head and a knuckle, the latter having a tail provided with a rearwardly and upwardly inclined lower face or edge, of a' locking pin or block having a cut-away portion and a projection below said cut-away portion and a knuckle-throwing lever pivoted to the coupling-head and resting over the projection on the pin or coupling.

5. In a car-coupling, the combination with a draw-head provided with a locking-pin apertu re, of a knuckle pivotally mounted in said draw-head and having aninclined face at the lower side of its tail, a lever pivoted to said draw-headat one side of the locking-pin aperture and extending across said aperture to 'the inclined face of the knuckle-tail, and a locking-pin arranged to engage said lever for the purpose of causing it to move said knuckle, substantially as described.

6. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-head, a knuckle pivotally mounted in said draw-head and having a tail provided with an inclined lower face, a locking-pin, a lug carried by said locking-pin at its lower end, and a lever pivoted to said draw-head and extending across Said locking-pin, said lever having its lower end adapted to occupy a position beneath the inclined face of said knuckle-tail and being adapted to receive the engagement of the lug carried by said locking-pin, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-head, a knuckle pivotally mounted in said draw-head and having a tail provided with an inclined face at its lower side, a locking-pin positioned in said draw-head, a lever pivoted to said draw-head and having its free eend adapted to occupy a position beneath the inclined face of said knuckle-tail, and a cam carried by said lift-lever adapted to receive the stud carried by said locking-pin, substantially as described.

8. In a car-coupling, the combination with a draw-head provided with a lockingepin aperture, of a knuckle pivotally mounted in said draw-head, a lever pivoted to said draw-head at one side of the locking-pin aperture and extending across said aperture to the tail of the knuckle, and a locking-pin located in said aperture and adapted to engage said lever for the purpose of causing the lever to move said knuckle and throw it open,lsnb stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, 1902.

PHILIP T. HANDIGES.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

